Stylus Color IIs

Language: Epson ESC/P2 Speed: 5.5 MPP Graphics: 60,180,360, 720*dpi(only with special paper) Color InkJet Technology

Epson Stylus Color IIs Fonts

Internal Fonts

Epson Stylus Color IIs Paper Handling

Continuous Feeding

Standard Feeder: 100 sheets

Loading paper in the paper feeder

You can load up to 100 sheets of plain paper in the sheet feeder. Be sure to load it with the printable surface facing up.

1. Slide out the output tray located at the bottom of the printer; then pull out the extension.
   
2. Slide the left edge guide on the sheet feeder to the left as far as it will go.
   
3. Fan a stack of paper; then tap it on a flat surface to even the edges.
4. Load the stack of paper, printable side up, so that its right edge against the right side of the sheet feeder.
   
   Do not load paper aboe the arrow mark inside the left edge guide of the sheet feeder.
5. Slide the left guide against the left edge mark of the paper as shown below.
   

Manually Feeding Paper One Sheet at a Time

1. Make sure the printer is paused. To do this, press the Pause button.
2. Remove any paper from the sheet feeder and the paper path.
3. Move the paper thickness lever to the thick paper position.
4. Set the thickness adjustmenet lever for the type of paper you are loading.
5. Feed the paper one sheet at a time into the sheet feeder.

Loading Envelopes

1. Make sure you set the paper thickness and thickness adjustment levers to the correct positions for envelope printing.
2. You can load up to 10 envelopes in the sheet feeder with the printable side facing up (forward).
   
3. Adjust the left edge guide so the envelopes feed straight into the paper path.
4. Change the printer driver and software application settings so that they appropriate for the envelopes.

Epson Stylus Color IIs Settings

Default Settings Descriptions

Print direction

The printer has three settings: Uni-d, Bi-d, and Auto. Most software controls this setting. If your software does, you may never need to set it with the control panel.

Uni-d causes the print head to print in one direction only. This provides maximum alignment for both graphics and character printing.

Bi-d causes the print head to print in both directions. This provides the fastest printing. If vertical lines re not aligned, calibrate your printer according to the directions in the user's manual.

When Auto is selected, the printer switches automatically between bi-directional (for text data) and unidirectional (for graphics data).

Network interface mode

If your printer is connected to a single computer, leave this feature off. If you want to use the printer in a network environment and share it among multiple computers, set this feature to on.

When this feature is set to on, data may be present in the printer's buffer even though the printer is not continuously printing. Always make sure the data light is off before turning off the printer.

Auto line feed

When the auto line feed feature is on, each carriage return (CR) code is accompanied by a line feed (LF) code, If your printed text is unexpectedly double-spaced, set this feature to off. If text lines print on top of each other, set it to on.

Loading position

When you want to print more lines on a page, set this feature to 3mm. If you set the top margin with your software, that setting is added to the default-setting value.

Interface mode

You may need to select the interface for the printer to communicate properly with your computer.

The Epson Stylus Color has both a parallel and serial interface. If you install an optional interface card in its interface slot, you can use up to three interfaces.

When you select Auto Selection, the printer automatically selects the interface that is receiving data, and uses that interface until the end of the print job. (A print job ends when no data is received from the selected interface for the amount of time specified in the Auto interface wait mode setting described below.) This auto interface selection allows you to share the printer with up to three computers.

If you don't know what type of interface your computer requires, check your computer manual.

Auto interface wait mode

When you select Auto I/F mode in the Interface mode option, you can set interface time-out to 10 seconds or 30 seconds.

The printer does not accept data from another interface unless it receives no data from the current interface for the period set in I/F time-out.

Character table

Character tables contain the characters and symbols used by different languages. The printer prints text with the selected character table.

Changing the default settings

To change the printer's default settings, you use the control panel buttons the control panel lights show your selections.

1. Make sure the printer is turned off and paper is loaded in the sheet feeder.

2. Hold down the Economy/Condensed button and turn on the printer to enter the default-setting mode.

The printer loads a sheet of paper and prints a brief summary and instructions. It instructs you to select the language that you want messages printed in. (English, French, German, Italian or Spanish).

3. Press the Font button until the Font lights indicate the language of your choice; then press the Alt button to make your selection.
Language Font
English Courier
French Roman T(PS)
German Sans Serif H (PS)
Italian Roman
Spanish San Serif

After you press the Alt button, the printer prints the current default settings and the next instruction in the language you selected.

4. To move to the feature you want to change, press the Font button until the Courier, Roman T (PS), and Sans Serif H (PS) lights indicate the appropriate selection.

For example, if you want to change the loading position setting, press the Font button until the Courier and Roman T lights are off and the Sans Serif H light is on.

1. Then after the font lights indicate your selection, press the Alt button until the Operate, Data, and Paper Out lights match your desired setting as shown in the tables below.

1. Repeat steps 4 and 5 to change as many default settings as desired.
2. Exit the default-setting mode by turning off the printer.

Epson Stylus Color IIs Interfaces

Parallel

Availability: Standard

Connection: Centronics Female

Activation: Default